Response cost

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Response cost is the loss either of a previously earned reinforcer, or of the opportunity to obtain future reinforcers.[1] Response cost is often used with token economy programs. Response cost procedures are often referred to as “fines.”[2]


References

  1. ↑ Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis (2009). Essentials of Educational Psychology (2nd ed. ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-13-501657-2. 
  2. ↑ "Response Cost". Retrieved 9 December 2011. 
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